- Congratulates the 2007 WDS Mentorship Awards Program Winners:
- Julie Cantatore-Francis, MD, chief resident at SUNY Downstate Dermatology
Topic: Dermatologic Laser Surgery
Mentor: Tina Alster, MD, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery
- Adela Rambi G. Cardones, MD, a resident at Duke University Medical Center.
Topic: Medical Dermatology
Mentor: Timothy Berger, MD, University of California San Francisco
- Y. Connie Chang, MD, a resident at the Loma Linda University Medical Center.
Topic: Dermatologic Laser Surgery
Mentor: Melissa Bogle, MD, University of Texas at Houston Medical Center
- Jennifer Chwalek, MD, a resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Topic: Histopathology of Hair Disease
Mentor: Beth Ruben, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Ana M. Ciurea, MD, a resident at Northwestern University.
Topic: Infections involving the skin, contact dermatitis, unusual cases
Mentor: William James, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Anna L. Cole, MD, a resident at the Tulane University Medical Center.
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Ronald C. Hansen, MD, Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Jennifer Meiyin Fu, MD, a resident at University of California, San Francisco.
Topic: Disorders of the Hair and Nails
Mentor: Antonella Tosti, MD, Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna
- Michele J. Gonzales, MD, a resident at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Judith Williams, MD, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA
- Lisa M. Grandinetti, MD, a resident at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Dawn Marie Davis, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY
- Monica Lynn Halem, MD, a resident at University of Miami.
Topic: Dermatologic Laser Surgery Research
Mentor: Tina S. Alster, MD, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery
- Alyssa R. Hoverson, MD, a resident at the Mayo Graduate School of Medical Education.
Topic: Tropical Dermatology
Mentor: Evandro Rivitti, MD, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Shasa Hu, MD, a resident at the Univeristy of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Topic: Melanoma
Mentor: Scott W. Menzies, MB, BS, PhD, Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
- Erin Huiras, MD, a resident at the University of Minnesota Fairview Medical Center.
Topic: HIV and Dermatology
Mentor: Timothy Berger, MD, Toby Maurer, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Marvi Iqbal, MD, MPH, chief resident at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew University Dermatology.
Topic: Complex Dermatology
Mentor: Lindy P. Fox, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Sunil Kalia, MD, a resident at the University of British Columbia.
Topic: Clinical Epidemiology and Academic Medicine
Mentor: Alexa Kimball, MD, Harvard Medical School
- Eleanor Ann Knopp, MD, a resident at the Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Topic: Hair Pathology
Mentor: Leonard C. Sperling, MD, Uniformed Services University, Department of Dermatology
- Eun Ji Kwon, MD, a resident at Case Western Reserve University.
Topic: Autoimmune disorders and cutaneous oncology
Mentor: Jennifer M. McNiff, MD, Yale Dermatopathology Laboratory
- Kevan Gerard Lewis, MD, MS, a resident at Brown Medical School/ Rhode Island Hospital.
Topic: Nail pathology and general dermatopathology
Mentor: Beth Ruben, MD, University of California, San Francisco
- Cheryl L. Lonergan, MD, a resident at the University of Virginia.
Topic: Cutaneous lymphomas
Mentors: Jacqueline Junkins-Hopkins, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Kristin Magnuson Nord, MD, a resident at Columbia University.
Topic: Genital Dermatology
Mentor: Libby Edwards, MD, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology and Research
- Melanie Dawn Palm, MD, a resident at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center.
Topic: Dermatologic Surgery
Mentor: Roberta Sengelmann, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- Susan Marie Poelman, MD, a resident at McGill University.
Topic: Melanoma/Pigmented Lesions
Mentor: Jean Bolognia, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Heather D. Rogers, MD, a resident at the New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University.
Topic: Immunosuppression and Skin Cancer
Mentor: George A. Varigos, MD, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Private Medical Center
- Lydia Yang-Lei Sahara, MD, a resident at the University of Minnesota.
Topic: Epidermolysis bullosa and melanoma
Mentor: Dedee Murrell, MD, Department of Dermatology, St. George Hospital, Sydney
- Ritu Saini, MD, a resident at the Univeristy of Miami-Miller School of Medicine.
Topic: The Mechanics of Laser Therapies
Mentor: Elizabeth Tanzi, MD, Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery
- Bethanee J. Schlosser, MD, PhD, chief resident at Emory University School of Medicine.
Topic: Genital Dermatology
Mentor: Libby Edwards, MD, Mid-Charlotte Dermatology and Research
- Vishakha Modi Sharma, MD, a resident at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Marilyn Liang, MD, Children's Hospital, Boston
- Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD, a resident at UCSF Department of Dermatology.
Topic: Medical Dermatology
Mentor: Victoria Werth, MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Rebecca Shpall, MD, a resident at Stanford Department of Dermatology.
Topic: Wound care and ulcer management
Mentor: O. Fred Miller, MD, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, CA
- Joanne Joo-Yeon Sung, MD, PhD, a resident at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals of Cleveland.
Topic: Dermatopathology
Mentor: Shawn Cowper, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Allison Marie Swanson, MD, a resident at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Amy Nopper, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City
- Sima Zahra Torabian, MD, a resident at the University of California, Davis.
Topic: Pediatric Dermatology
Mentor: Bari Cunningham, MD, University of California San Diego
- Naissan O. Wesley, MD, a resident at the University of California, San Francisco.
Topic: Surgery and Lasers in Ethnic Skin
Mentor: Brooke Jackson, MD, Skin Wellness Center of Chicago
- Priya Swamy Zeikus, MD, a fellow at the Lahey Clinic at Harvard Medical School.
Topic: Laser Surgery/Balance of Clinical Practice with Academic Pursuits
Mentor: Elizabeth McBurney, MD, Skin Care Specialists
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2007 Award Recipients (pdf version)